Danny Bell

Devito (a stupid nickname his boyfriend came up with when he forgot Danny's last name, uses it now to tease him)

A YouTuber with a loyal fan-base but very removed from the mainstream events, happenings, and drama.

23

Male

6'4"

178 lbs.

Long, string-bean, lanky, wiry.

Black

Silky-soft mop, fluffy fringe that falls over his eyebrows.

Human; Caucasian

Fair, yellow undertones.

Dark blue

Big glasses, can't see shit without them (incredibly near-sighted). Wears them literally all the time, hates contacts with how much they irritate his eyes.

Has never really seriously considered suicide, but likes to regularly contemplate death and "what would happen if I died". Reacts apathetically some times when others think something is a huge deal. This coupled with his restless sleep and social isolation may qualify him for clinical depression, but he's un-diagnosed and won't be going to check anytime soon.

Sits weird in chairs, back against one armrest and legs folded over the other, or straddling the backrest with his front so as to have somewhere to lean his folded arms on. Slouches.
Adores getting a full night's worth of sleep, but this is rare as he doesn't even really sleep at night: his sleep schedule is all sorts of fucked up due to his working from home and in general rarely ever leaving the house, and he has a hard time falling asleep when there are things to do. Usual sleeping hours range from 4AM to 3PM.

Hard to say: his life has become a never-ending cycle of work, pass out from exhaustion, wake up and try to function normally, then rinse and repeat. Lately it's been easier to take a break from his unhealthy schedule, with the presence of a significant other in his life, but he still needs to get out of the habit of not making enough time for loved ones.

Arguments are stupid, they just stir up unwanted conflict and negative feelings, and break things that were perfectly fine left alone.

Anti-social, rarely goes out on his own and doesn't particularly enjoy meeting new people, gets shy and aloof and even a bit mean around them. Still allows himself to be dragged out by close friends on average once a week, though even this is "too much" for him, despite realizing deep down that his body needs the sun and his mind needs the exposure.
Doesn't do well under pressure. When faced with conflict, completely clams up; gives one-word answers and affirmations in hopes that the other party will get frustrated enough to just drop it and leave. A coward in this sense, and doesn't like to address any sort of problems/issues in general.
Doesn't really apologize... ever. Not because he doesn't admit he's wrong, but just because he doesn't want to word "sorry" to lose all meaning, like it often does with people who say it a lot.
Lazy, in a very specifically physical way: leaves dishes out, doesn't make his bed, leaves grocery shopping until the very last minute. Oddly enough takes very good care of his hygiene, and hates when the space around him smells bad, so despite his whole apartment looking a mess it's not actually a pig-pen.
Is stubborn, especially when it comes to self-improvement: he may have all the information and all the solutions, but will still feel "ok but like,,,, i don't wanna", and this can infuriate people who stick around long enough to notice the pattern. Simply doesn't like change, and finds it very difficult to get around that.

Making little music remixes, just for fun. Has a good eye for design, and if you prodded enough he could reorganize a room or any interior space to look absolutely fabulous.

Video games, horror movies (they don't scare him and he lives for the day he finds something that does), listening to audio-books (while multi-tasking, he would never just sit there and listen to an audio-book, it would make him very restless).

Quiet and a bit sarcastic on his own; in the company of people he's comfortable with, he becomes witty and sharp-tongued, for about two to three hours before having to go recharge on his alone-time. Is much better and more comfortable with a one-on-one hangout, feels there's a lot less pressure there and it's generally someone he trusts, so he can go on for much longer without needing a break, especially if there are intervals of comfortable silence. Regardless of his dislike of the concept of socialization, he's really not that bad at it and a fun person to be around, as long as nothing bad happens: as soon as Danny feels the onslaught of drama, or a fight brewing, he skedaddles. Lives in a bit of an idealistic dream-world in that regard; has plenty of alone time to come up with jokes and witty comebacks and play out how a social interaction should go, but when it doesn't go as he planned he feels lost and uncomfortable, and clams up, if he doesn't just leave altogether. Finds comfort in patterns and the "same-old, same-old".

A lot of people are surprised with his amount of empathy. He's very careful about keeping his loved ones happy, and is on the job immediately when he senses that something is off (though this could also be attributed to his need to keep himself safe and un-involved in conflict: you don't have to deal with drama if you nip it in the bud after all). Alternatively, if he feels there's nothing he can do to help, he removes himself and becomes distant, convinced that if he gives the person enough space that it will help them work through it, but this can often hurt people and mislead them into thinking the he's stopped caring as soon as his relationship with them has hit a rough patch, when really he's never learned how to correctly deal with a rough patch in a relationship. This may be why he has so few people in his life, as few are patient enough to solve all the problems in a relationship themselves, while others (like his family) are just contractually obligated to put up with him.

At the end of the day, people can agree that Danny is a pleasant person to be with, but his habit of running away from very real problems makes it hard to deal with him sometimes.

YouTuber: gaming channel. Started off playing popular games/whatever was all the rage, then peppered out into doing whatever he felt like doing, and apparently that's a lot of peoples' cup of tea because his follower count has never dwindled. Doesn't show his face and has a really nice voice, with fans constantly begging for ASMR videos (no he will not indulge them). Appears sometimes in Anthea's side vlogs, and does his own little Q&A sessions where he is, in fact, sitting in front of the camera. Anthea Zhao

Democrat (honestly is one of those people who needs to be dragged to the voting booths, because he doesn't realize how much he, personally, is affected by politics; but is aware how much democracy means to his liberal loved ones and makes the minimal effort). Is that asshole who, in a case of two bad options and no alternative, would just,,,,, not vote, if people didn't kick his ass into doing so.

Atheist.

A little nook where he keeps all his older, vintage, antique video games that are probably worth a fortune, but he'd rather die than sell them.

Anything home-cooked: he himself doesn't cook (has no motivation to learn), so having someone prepare a meal for him is a huge blessing.

His go-to drinks are black tea and Redbull: he hopes the overdose of caffeine will steadily stockpile into a burnout.

Black and orange.

Is an incredibly passive and physically non-aggressive person, wouldn't know how to hurt a fly even if he wanted to. Can give quite a verbal lashing if he's standing up for anyone but himself.

January 14. Capricorn.

Private school, was pretty average because he didn't try as hard as he could have. Was always over-shadowed by his sister anyways, didn't see the point of trying to live up to impossible expectations. (That being said there was never really much sibling rivalry, with the large age difference and Danny usually seeing Daphne more as a second, more annoying mother.)

Learned early on that sassing back at people did not qualify him as the winner of an argument: it dragged the affair on, and Danny has always tired quickly from others' negative emotions. The older he got the less effort he put into standing up for himself, when faced with bullies or a parent's wrath or a friend's criticism: this also lead to closing himself off more and more, and barely even listening to criticism, no matter how valid it actually was. Feels the negative emotions of other people very strongly, and that's his excuse for trying to remove himself from situations that necessitate negativity. Even now he needs to learn that it's impossible to keep a relationship "clean", impossible to avoid any sort of fighting or disagreements, impossible to just ignore problems and hope they go away.

He's a mESS

I Will Follow You Into The Dark by Death Cab For Cutie
Seven Nation Army (Glitch Mob Remix)
pajamas - gnash

• Dated Pamela, Cameron's sister, for about a month and a half: it was more casual than anything, they went on about three dates, and then realized they weren't the most compatible and decided to be friends. Surprisingly went through on that promise: they hang out regularly, especially with Pamela being close with Danny's own sister, Daphne.
  Daphne Bell Pamela Ybarra
  


• Has known Cameron for about ten months. Started off rocky, with Cameron being an overprotective older brother and with Danny being his usual snarky and aloof self with strangers. They slowly bonded over similar senses of humor and a general distaste of the world and society they live in, and became friends to the point of seeing each other outside of group gatherings, which was usually the only time Danny would ever be seen outside his apartment. Things spiraled and, after a series of tensions and complications, the two have been dating for about three months now. The honeymoon phase is sort of wearing off, and Danny is, for what may be the first time in his life, realizing he needs to put in a lot of work for this relationship to stay stable, and finding it's actually worth it and producing results. Cameron is very good for him in the sense that he helps Danny sort of get his life together a bit more, keeping him organized. That being said it's slow going, and Cameron is not the type to stick around when there's no progress, no communication, and Danny knows this. And he's working on it.
  Cameron Ybarra
  

Labels are obsolete and sexuality is fluid and malleable.

• Skinny jeans and sweat-shirts. Black and blue and faded greys mainly make up his wardrobe.


• Likes flannel, wears it occasionally if he's leaving the house.


• Also wears his huge-ass headphones around his neck when he goes anywhere, just so he can pull them on and have an excuse not to talk to people.